Manila, Arizona
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winslow-Holbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86032. It stands on Manila Wash. The Survey maps it on the Apache Butte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1886 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Joseph City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS St. Joseph 2 NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Holbrook quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Apache Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Manila between 1998 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Joseph City Fire District | not named |
| 14 August 1998 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Fort Apache Agency | BIGSKUNKCA |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | WASH |
| 8 July 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Joseph City Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Joseph City Fire District | 125 |
| 27 June 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | JACK RABBIT |
| 22 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Joseph City Fire District | NOT NAMED |
| 13 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Joseph City Fire District | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Manila: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Bernice Claims | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manila in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manila | - | The Arizona Department of Transportation wind sensor along Interstate 40 at Jackrabbit reported a wind gust of 64 MPH. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph City | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hibbard | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Penzance | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Sunset Crossing (historical) | 13.2 miles | 21 | |
| Brigham City (historical) | 13.6 miles | 21 | |
| Sierra Plaza Subdivision | 13.7 miles | 18 | |
| Sunset City (historical) | 13.9 miles | 21 | |
| Holbrook | 14.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24506. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









